Re: [PATCH] x86, UV: Fix RTC latency bug by reading replicatedcachelines

From: Dimitri Sivanich
Date: Fri Jan 22 2010 - 10:41:50 EST


For SGI UV node controllers (HUB) rev 2.0 or greater, use replicated
cachelines to read the RTC timer. This optimization allows faster
simulataneous reads from a given socket.

Signed-off-by: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@xxxxxxx>

---

arch/x86/kernel/uv_time.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
drivers/char/uv_mmtimer.c | 18 +++++++++++-------
2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Index: linux/arch/x86/kernel/uv_time.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86/kernel/uv_time.c 2010-01-22 08:09:37.000000000 -0600
+++ linux/arch/x86/kernel/uv_time.c 2010-01-22 09:14:45.000000000 -0600
@@ -282,10 +282,21 @@ static int uv_rtc_unset_timer(int cpu, i

/*
* Read the RTC.
+ *
+ * Starting with HUB rev 2.0, the UV RTC register is replicated across all
+ * cachelines of it's own page. This allows faster simultaneous reads
+ * from a given socket.
*/
static cycle_t uv_read_rtc(struct clocksource *cs)
{
- return (cycle_t)uv_read_local_mmr(UVH_RTC);
+ unsigned long offset;
+
+ if (uv_get_min_hub_revision_id() == 1)
+ offset = 0;
+ else
+ offset = (uv_blade_processor_id() * L1_CACHE_BYTES) % PAGE_SIZE;
+
+ return (cycle_t)uv_read_local_mmr(UVH_RTC | offset);
}

/*
Index: linux/drivers/char/uv_mmtimer.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/drivers/char/uv_mmtimer.c 2010-01-22 08:09:38.000000000 -0600
+++ linux/drivers/char/uv_mmtimer.c 2010-01-22 09:23:34.000000000 -0600
@@ -89,13 +89,17 @@ static long uv_mmtimer_ioctl(struct file
switch (cmd) {
case MMTIMER_GETOFFSET: /* offset of the counter */
/*
- * UV RTC register is on its own page
+ * Starting with HUB rev 2.0, the UV RTC register is
+ * replicated across all cachelines of it's own page.
+ * This allows faster simultaneous reads from a given socket.
+ *
+ * The offset returned is in 64 bit units.
*/
- if (PAGE_SIZE <= (1 << 16))
- ret = ((UV_LOCAL_MMR_BASE | UVH_RTC) & (PAGE_SIZE-1))
- / 8;
+ if (uv_get_min_hub_revision_id() == 1)
+ ret = 0;
else
- ret = -ENOSYS;
+ ret = ((uv_blade_processor_id() * L1_CACHE_BYTES) %
+ PAGE_SIZE) / 8;
break;

case MMTIMER_GETRES: /* resolution of the clock in 10^-15 s */
@@ -115,8 +119,8 @@ static long uv_mmtimer_ioctl(struct file
ret = hweight64(UVH_RTC_REAL_TIME_CLOCK_MASK);
break;

- case MMTIMER_MMAPAVAIL: /* can we mmap the clock into userspace? */
- ret = (PAGE_SIZE <= (1 << 16)) ? 1 : 0;
+ case MMTIMER_MMAPAVAIL:
+ ret = 1;
break;

case MMTIMER_GETCOUNTER:
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